The Best of Joe Pass

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Summary: Great Insight to an Insightful Maestro
Review: Joe Pass needs little introduction, any web search will bring up a plethora of history on this great guitarist. Solo, his work is unparalleled, trapeze artistry without the net. I'm really glad Wolf Marshall has worked up this insightful study into the styling of Joe Pass, it's a wonderful way to get into the music a bit deeper, to accomplish and perfect you own chops, to grow in your guitar vocabulary.

I'm playing Bass mostly, but ANY insight to any instrument only adds to the ear, which translates to the hand. Thank you Joe Pass for your music, and kudos to Wolf Marshall for opening up the music for us.

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Summary: Awesome... Just awesome
Review: Joe Pass was one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th Century. It's a shame he's not with us anymore but, while he was here, he left a large amount of his music so that we could enjoy his artistry. Ever since I first heard him, I've tried to copy his technique. When I found this book, I was excited and couldn't wait to get it. Unfortunately for me, this book concentrates on his single-note solos (with one song on his chord-melody technique over a blues progression). Don't get me wrong. His single note playing was great but I was really hoping to learn some of his chord-melody solos. That was just a preference of mine. But as I listened to the solos, I found myself asking, "How'd he do that?" So, this book turned out to be great, although it was not what I expected. Then again, some of the greatest things in life come by surprise.

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Summary: Great Jazz guitarist
Review: This is a really good book if you want to improve your playing!! A couple of songs in this tab book are not that very exciting but about 80% of the songs are really great and challenging to play.